Were gangsters involved in Todd’s death (ruled accidental carobon monoxide poisoning after she was found dead in her car parked in her garage)? I wonder if you could get a feel for what really happened by spending an evening in the cafe while Todd was working? Would you spot a few gangsters? I’d love to find out. I’d love to visit, because first off, I love seafood more than anything.
#MACOMBO HOLLYWOOD MOVIE#
Top that off with a yummy steak dinner followed by cherries jubilee? Sign me up!īefore the gifted comedic actress met her untimely end in 1935, Thelma Todd had achieved a respectable Hollywood career and opened a cafe in the Pacific Palisades as her “something to fall back on” plan if her movie work ever dried up. Even if you somehow plugged in an “off-night” into your DeLorean, you still could get a peek at the tiki-themed decor featuring palm trees lining the walkway and an exotic aviary featuring birds from the Amazon jungle. Let’s start with the list of celebrities that you could encounter on any given night: Ava Gardner, Lauren Bacall, Humphrey Bogart, Joan Crawford, Lana Turner, Clark Gable….and the entertainment! Some of the acts I’d most love to have seen are Desi Arnaz and his orchestra, Eartha Kitt, and Frank Sinatra. Mocambo nightclub always sounds SO GLAMOROUS to me. And as many great restaurants as we have now, reading and hearing stories from some of these classic Hollywood haunts has me salivating…and not necessarily for the food (although I’m sure that was amazing too)! Los Angeles is full of the ghosts of classic Hollywood and the “things that aren’t here anymore” - I often wish I could time travel back to various times and places in its history.
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